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The Rammed-Earth Architecture of Nepal Is Crumbling

The 15th-century Chhode monastery is tucked into a side valley of remote Mustang, a district in northern Nepal. Outside, some scruffy sheep search for greenery among the cold and barren moonscape flanked by sheer white Himalayas as inhabitants spin embossed prayer wheels. The monastery, with walls formed of clay and gravel, blends in with the wind-beaten cliffs; its towering roof …

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